I've been meaning to ask this question for ages, and now, on the eve of ALA,
it seems like a good time...

Does VRT or the videolib community include any kind of a 'digital video
interest group' or 'digital initiatives sub-committee' or some such entity?
If so, could someone tell me how to join? If not, would anyone be
interested in participating in such a group? The discussions on videolib
regarding technical specs, delivery environments, digital asset management,
tools and techniques are fascinating, but I would love to be able to sit
down with like-minded colleagues at ALA or other venues and discuss targeted
topics, perhaps even to define a library research agenda for digital video.
I'm also an AMIA member, and that group does have a large and flourishing
digital initiatives committee, but I seem to be one of the few media
librarian-types in that group, and I'd welcome the chance to have these
discussions in a library as well as an archival setting.

So...if there's already such an interest group, where do I sign up? If not,
would anyone like to help me start one, or be interested in participating in
any capacity?

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblue face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I would be very interested in this =
group,
we are moving in that direction, however I don&#8217;t got to =
<st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">ALA</st1:place></st1:State>, what about meeting at the =
National
Media Market??<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack =
face=3DHelvetica><span
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>I've been =
meaning to
ask this question for ages, and now, on the eve of <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">ALA</st1:place></st1:State>, it seems like a good =
time...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack =
face=3DHelvetica><span
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Does VRT or =
the
videolib community include any kind of a 'digital video interest group' =
or
'digital initiatives sub-committee' or some such entity?&nbsp; If so, =
could
someone tell me how to join?&nbsp; If not, would anyone be interested =
in
participating in such a group?&nbsp; &nbsp;The discussions on videolib
regarding technical specs, delivery environments, digital asset =
management,
tools and techniques are fascinating, but I would love to be able to =
sit down
with like-minded colleagues at <st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">ALA</st1:place></st1:State>
or other venues and discuss&nbsp;targeted topics, perhaps even to =
define a
library research agenda for digital video. &nbsp; &nbsp;I'm also an =
AMIA
member, and that group does have a large and flourishing digital =
initiatives
committee, but I seem to be one of the few media librarian-types in =
that group,
and I'd welcome the chance to have these discussions in a library as =
well as an
archival setting. &nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack =
face=3DHelvetica><span
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>So...if =
there's
already such an interest group, where do I sign up?&nbsp; If not, would =
anyone
like to help me start one, or be interested in participating in any =
capacity?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>